Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're test fitting the Swagman, XC2, platform silo bike rack, it's a two silo bike rack. It is designed to work with inch and a quarter or two inch hitches. Part number for that is S-64650. Now as you can see, we do already have our bike on here, let me show you how we mount the bike and secure it then also some features of our rack itself. Now the bike is secure here with this frame hook, it's the only thing keeping the bike in place. Now if you're worried about the straps, I can tell you with confidence reading through the reviews, that is it not a problem not having the straps down here, that the hook does well enough on its own, then you don't have to worry about that. Now to release your bike, we're first going to lift this hook up, we'll just push down on the lever here, push down on the hook just a little bit, make sure you hang onto your bike and pull the hook all the way up. more
9/24/2015 5:11:36 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan S64684- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test for the Swagman Dispatch. This is a platform-style two-bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. Part number on it is S64684. You can see the Dispatch is going to use two wheel cradles with straps and also a frame hook to keep our bike held in place. It does it really well. more
9/3/2015 3:46:26 PM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're test fitting the Curt Premium folding and tilting four bike rack which is designed to work with two-inch hitches. Part number for that is C18064. As you can see, we do already have our bike up here. We're going to go ahead and show you how we strap the bike in and then also some features of the carrier itself. Now, we do have two cradles holding the bike and three straps, one on the front and then two on the back. To release those, we're just going to pull down and lift up on the straps. This one on the back here that's holding the seatpost is going to be your anti-sway. more
9/3/2015 3:36:46 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex Swing 4-bike rack, part number TH9031XT. This one only comes with a 2" shank so we're going to take that and insert it into our 2" receiver. Once you got it inserted you're going to go ahead and line up the holes and then take your provided hardware and thread it into the hole. Once you get it threaded in you're just going to take your 3/4" ratchet and tighten it down the rest of the way. This is going to eliminate a lot of this play and slack that you have in your receiver. Now that we got that nice and tightened down let's go ahead and get some clearance measurements. First measurement is going to be from here; that's about 4-1/2". more
2/11/2015 1:37:48 PM
Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today, on our 2015, Dodge Grand Caravan, we will be doing a test fit for SARIS Bike Porter, 4-bike rack. That's going to be part number SA404B. This bike rack comes with an inch and a quarter and a 2 inch shank. Right now, it's got the 2 inch shank on it because we have a 2 inch receiver here today. Insert your shank into your receiver. Once you've got that inserted, let's line up our pin-holes. Once you've got your pin-holes lined up, let's take you're anti-rattle bolt, that's included, insert that in. more
2/11/2015 1:34:30 PM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan we will be doing a test fit of the Yakima FullTilt 4-bike rack. That's part number Y02462. This comes with an 1-1/4" and a 2" shank. Right now we have the 2" shank on here because we have a 2" receiver. Go ahead and insert your shank into your receiver, slide it in. Has a self-locking pin. more
2/11/2015 1:11:12 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan TH9030XT- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan we will be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex 5-bike rack. That's going to be part number TH9030XT. This is for 2" hitches only. First thing we're going to do is take our shank, insert it into our receiver. Once you got it inserted there go ahead and line up your pinholes and take the bolt that is included and thread that in. Once you got that hand tightened you can go ahead and take a 3/4" ratchet if you have one handy and tighten that up. more
2/11/2015 12:13:30 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan TH9028XT- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we will be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex 2-bike rack. That's going to be part number TH9028XT. This comes with inch and a quarter and 2-inch receivers. Today, we have a 2-inch receiver. Go ahead and insert your shank into the receiver and line up your pinholes. Once you get your pinholes lined up, go ahead and take the bolt that's provided and thread that in. more
2/11/2015 12:11:46 PM
Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be doing a test fit on the Saris Thelma platform-style 3-bike rack, part number SA4239B. This bike rack comes with an 1-1/4" shank and a 2" adapter. The adapter is useful today because we have a 2" receiver. Go ahead and line up your pinholes. Once you have your pinhole lined up, go ahead and thread that through. As far as you can, hand tighten it. more
2/11/2015 12:09:09 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan TH9029XT- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan we will be doing a test fit on the Thule Vertex 4-bike rack. That's going to be part number TH9029XT. This part comes with both your 1-1/4" and your 2" shank. Go ahead and insert that into your 2" receiver that we have here today. Go ahead and line up your pinholes. Once you got that lined up, go ahead and take your included hardware, which will be your bolt, locking washer, and flat washer. more
2/10/2015 4:51:24 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SR2902- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be test fitting the Sport Rack platform-style 4-bike rack. This part number is going to be SR2902. It has a 2" shank on it and that will fit our 2" receiver that we have here today. Go ahead and insert your shank into your receiver. We'll get these pinholes lined up. Once you got those pinholes lined up let's go ahead and thread in our anti-rattle bolt that we have here. more
2/10/2015 4:46:14 PM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SR2403- Video
Today, on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to do a test fit on the SportRack 3 bike rack, part number SR2403. This has a 1-1/4 and a 2 inch setup. Right now, we're going to be using the sleeve for the 2 inch receiver that we have here today. Go ahead and insert that into the receiver and line up your holes. Once you get your holes lined up, insert your anti-rattle bolt. Once you've got that hand tightened, go ahead and take a 3/4 inch ratchet and tighten it the rest of the way down. This will help to eliminate a lot of the play and rattle that you'll have in your hitch. more
2/10/2015 4:41:50 PM
Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test fit on the Swagman XTC-4 this is a platform style 4 bike rack. Part Number S64665, it's got a 2 inch shank for 2 inch receivers only. Let's go ahead and fit that on the receiver here. Once you've got a fit there, we're going to go ahead and line up our pin holes. Once you've got your pin holes lined up, go ahead and place in your anti-rattle bolt. Place it in from the passenger's side and take a 7/8 inch socket and ratchet and go ahead and tighten it down all the way. more
2/10/2015 4:23:40 PM
Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Swagman Titan 4 bike rack. That's going to be part number S63410. That comes in an inch and a quarter and a two inch shank. Right now we've got the 2 inch receiver and we're just going to insert that and line up our holes. Once you have your holes aligned, you're going to take your anti rattle bolt that's provided, insert that and tighten as far as you can. You're going to take a three quarter inch ratchet and finish tightening that. All right, once you have that tightened down, you're just going to take your clip and insert that into the other end of your anti rattle bolt. more
2/10/2015 4:20:31 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan S63380- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we will be test fitting the Swagman Trail Head tilting four-bike rack. That's part number S63380. Now, this can be used for either 2-inch hitches or 1 1/4. We can go ahead by inserting our shank into our receiver. We're looking for our pinholes to be lined up. Well, once we got that lined up, we'll take our anti-rattle bolt. more
2/10/2015 4:18:06 PM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to test fit the Hollywood Racks Traveler 5 Bike Rack. Part Number HR9200. This only comes with a 2 inch shank. We're going go insert that into our receiver, lining up the pin holes in the process. Once we've got that lined up, we'll go ahead and thread it in with our hand. Once you've got it threaded in as far as you can, go ahead and take a 3 1/4 inch socket and go ahead and tighten it up the rest of the way. more
2/10/2015 4:10:38 PM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan hr8500- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Racks Traveler 4-bike rack. This bike rack comes with an 1-1/4" and 2" shank. We'll go ahead and insert that into our receiver and line up the pinholes. Once you got the pinholes lined up, take your anti-rattle bolt that's included and clip. Insert the anti-rattle bolt and thread it in as far as you can with your hand. Once you've gotten it in as far as you can with your hand, use a 3-1/4" ratchet, finish tightening. more
2/10/2015 4:07:32 PM
Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be doing the test fit of the Saris Freedom platform-style 4-bike rack. It's going to be part number SA4414B. It comes with a 2" shank, meant for your 2" receivers only. Let's go ahead and insert that shank into the receiver. Once you have that rested on there, let's go ahead and line up our pin holes. Once you get your pin holes lined up, let's go ahead and take our anti-rattle bolt that's included, and go ahead and thread that in. Get it as tight as you can by hand. more
2/7/2015 6:24:34 PM
Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SA4412B- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we are going to be doing the a fit of the Saris Freedom Platform Style 2 Bike Rack, part number SA4412B. This comes with your 1 1/4 shank and also comes with the 2 inch adapter. We are going to go ahead and place that on there today because we have a 2 inch receiver and insert those and we'll line up the pin holes we can insert your anti rattle bolt. Get it in as far as you can and we'll use a 3/4 inch ratchet to tighten it down the rest of the way. Once you get it nice and tight, use the clip that is provided and we'll go ahead and place that in the hole. Let's go ahead and get some measurements for clearance now. From here to your bumper this will probably be the first place of contact if your hitch goes in to far. more
2/4/2015 5:29:03 PM
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to do a test fit on the Saris Freedom super clamp 2-bike rack. This is a 1-1/4" and 2" fit. The part number is SA4025. Let's go ahead and take our 2" sleeve that we have on this 1-1/4" shank and fit that into our 2" receiver that we have here today. We can go ahead and get it fit in and then line up there holes. Just tighten it down as far as you can with your hands. Once you get it down that far, you can just use a 3/4" ratchet and tighten it down the rest of the way. more
2/4/2015 3:58:50 PM
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan we will be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro folding/tilting 4-bike rack. That's part number TH934XTR. Now this can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. What we want to do is we're going to go ahead and put our shank into our receiver. We're looking for our pinholes to be aligned. We'll take our anti-rattle bolt and go ahead and thread that through. more
12/31/2014 10:07:31 AM
Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan we will be test fitting the Softride Element Parallelogram tilting 4-bike rack. That's part number SR26248. This can be either used for 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We can go ahead and start by inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll be looking for our pinholes to line up. Once we've got that lined up we'll take our anti-rattle bolt and lock. more
12/26/2014 10:01:24 PM
Softride Dura Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan- Video
Today on our 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, we will be testing the Softride Dura Parallelogram Tilting 4 bike rack. That's part number SR 26247. This can be used for either an inch-and-a-quarter or two-inch hitches. We can go ahead and start by inserting our shank into our receiver and be looking for our pin holes to be lined up. Once we get that lined up, we can go ahead and take our anti-rattle bolt and lock, begin threading that through. All right, once we get that tightened, now we can go ahead and finish up the rest of the way with the wrench and by tightening this, it's going to help reduce the play and wobble within our hitch on our bike rack. That's secure. We'll go ahead and put our lock on. It's clicked into place and we go ahead and take a few measurements. more
12/23/2014 1:05:14 PM
